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Dowry Bag1330/8

Small, flat, square, embroidered envelope-style bag, detailed with mirrors and pompoms, made by folding and stitching together three corners of a flat, square panel to form a pocket, with the fourth corner left open to serve as a flap or cover. The square-shaped embroidered motifs, formed from bars of satin stitch outlined in black, are grouped together into larger squares that are arranged in a grid, separated with narrow bands of alternating mirror-work and floral designs that form an X on the back of the bag. The square is bordered with mirror-work, alternating with floral designs. The embroidery is so dense that it completely covers the background textile. There are glass beads sewn onto the seams, which are worked in fine interlacing stitch. Small pompoms and glass beads are stitched to the lower corners. At the intersection of the three corners is a small white button, embellished with small coloured glass beads. The embroidery is underlined with red cotton textile that is printed with multicoloured designs.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal ? and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India ? or Rajasthan, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hood1330/1

Close-fitting, shoulder-length child’s hood made of red cotton textile which is heavily embroidered with medallions, geometric designs, mirrorwork and linear border motifs, worked in green, yellow, off-white, blue and black cotton and silk thread. A rectangular panel of embroidered cotton textile hangs loosely to the shoulders at the sides and back. Mirrors, alternating with blocks of interlacing stitch, form a border around the edges of this panel; a square multicoloured medallion and two multicoloured circular medallions are embroidered at the centre back. The crown is embroidered with floral motifs worked in silk floss, and there is a short fringe of green, white and blue glass beads at the forehead. Two short strands of twisted fibre are attached at the front edge, over the temples. The hood is lined with dark yellow and red cotton textile, and the edges of the hood are bound with dark yellow and green cotton bias tape.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal ? and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShrineEg402 a-b

A shrine with doors that open at the front (part a) to reveal a small base with three figures on it (part b) which fits inside the shrine. The shrine is painted with white petals on a black background at the bottom, a yellow and orange monkey within a black frame on each door, two white birds outlined with black on a white background with their necks around each other on the upper part, and a yellow cordate-shaped decoration with a flower in the centre at the top. The sides of the shrine have a diamond-shaped pattern outlined with yellow and having white dots in the centre of a green background. The three platforms separating each part are pink with white dots around the edges and yellow with black horizontal lines on the sides. The figures on a base within (part b) have a blue base. The figures are painted with red, black, and yellow faces on a white background. One figure has a blue-painted lower half body, another has a black one, and the other has a green one.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Puri, Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Printing Block1287/3

A dark brown wood press print block and handle on back. Front has carved design of clusters of stemmed flowers with flat open-faced flowers spread throughout.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
wood
Made in
India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Printing Block1287/1

A dark brown wooden printing block. Back has handle; front carved with design of two large flowers at opposite corners and two circles with two heart-shapes within at the other opposite corners.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
wood
Made in
India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot1101/2

A metal pot with an upturned rim. The design consists of a geometric design of hatch marks, circles, and diagonal lines in between vertical lines. Outside the design are horizontal lines and vertical lines.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mobile Figure1610/12 a-e

The first piece (part a) is the head of a female painted with a green face and a large oval headdress surrounding her entire face. The headdress has a cylindrical stepped middle part, and the whole thing is red decorated with gold dots and a yellow rim. Her face is outlined with white and she has long black fibre hair. The second piece (part b) is the upper body which has the arms bent at the elbows with the right perpendicularly forward and the left more toward the body. The hands are both held in a position whereby the thumb connects in a circle with the finger next to it. The neck is long and tapers up to a point with a metal loop. The upper body garment is red decorated with green, blue, and gold. The third piece (part c) is the three red and beige multiple stringed strands with red and white tassels which are loosely tied around the neck. The fourth piece (part d) is a skirt which tapers to a red point at the top with a metal loop. The waist has a blue belt decorated with circular gold flowers and a horizontal gold line around the top and the bottom of the belt. Oval beads are painted in three rows around the hips with a pink rope underneath. The skirt is white with visible folds in the fabric and have two sets of horizontal rows that have pink in the middle and green around them which transition to yellow at the back. There is a long thin red front panel decorated with gold dots and sideways crescents outlined with two rows of gold dots followed by a pink, green, yellow, and white garland. Two long thin orange side panels are decorated with horizontal rows of green pink, blue, yellow and black. The fifth piece (part e) is the legs which are slightly fused together with blue anklets decorated with two horizontal of gold dots around the middle. The dark pink feet are standing on a rounded circular base painted grey and black. There is a metal loop at the top of the legs.

Culture
Indian
Material
paper, cotton fibre, cement ?, dye, clay ?, paint, metal and paste adhesive
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure907/4

A figure of a yellow-faced man wearing a gold-coloured layered conical headdress with a cylindrical base, and robed in a red armoured dress decorated with gold-coloured ornaments and shoulder pads, and red pointed shoes. He is on a flat rectangular wood base.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
wood, paint, lacquer and paper
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure907/3

A figure of a standing female with a yellow face on a flat rectangular wood base. She is wearing a gold-coloured dome-shaped headdress and she is robed in an armoured dress with shoulder pads. Her left elbow is bent and her left hand is on her hip holding an object. Her right arm is bent at the elbows and pointing forward with her fist clenched.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
wood, lacquer and paint
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sculpture1516/2

A cylindrical-shaped stone sculpture of a female head with some of her hair tied in a bun and some of her hair flowing down the sides of her face. She is wearing a necklace.

Culture
Indian
Material
stone
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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